Foreign Correspondence

[CoalTrain]

I love maps!



Looking at this map the first thing I think of
is your post on Russia trying to make a deal to
run the power lines into North Korea. I believe
that was Nuklur power. Hard to imagine that
China does see Russia controlling the electricity
in N.Korea as some kind of a threat.
Where those explosions closer to Shenyang or
Vladivostok?

At the upper right hand corner of the map the
Kuril Islands. Russia took them in WW2 and
Japan still claims them. Not sure what is on
them. Maybe nothing.

Looking at the map I wonder how much an
issue the shipping lanes were in the Korean
and Vietnam wars. I also see why Australia
has an interest in East Timor.

The map shrinks. To make it big again
click on the right bottom pointer thingy.